Herrenbrünnchen

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Herrenbrünnchen fountain parlor and ballroom

The Herrenbrünnchen in the Heiligkreuz district of Trier denotes both a listed fountain house and a spring that ensured a large part of the water supply for the city of Trier until the 20th century.

history

According to legend, the early Christian Bishop of Trier Eucharius is said to have baptized the first Christians here in the 3rd century . The temple at Herrenbrünnchen used to stand nearby .

The preserved building is a small structure with an attic tent roof. The first floor is dated to 1682 and the upper floor, added later, to 1728 as the year of construction. In the latter is the baroque councilor's room, in which four wall panels are attached, which depict the history of the fountain house.

A fountain is first mentioned in 1200. Bishop Boemund had a permanent structure built on and above him in 1299 to prevent pollution of the drinking water. The Archbishop and Elector Johann II of Baden ordered around 1494 to build a well room and a water pipe to the main market . The Taufborn was used parallel to the drinking water well.

The well room

In 1503 a new tunnel was driven into the slate ground in order to have more water available. In addition to the market fountain, individual monasteries and public institutions in Trier could now be connected to the existing water supply.

When the troops of the French King Louis XIV conquered the city in 1673/75 , they also destroyed the fountain house and the pipeline network. When the facilities were rebuilt in 1682 under Elector and Archbishop Johann Hugo von Orsbeck , the name Herrenbrünnchen was first used . The lower part of the current building goes back to these building measures.

In 1728 a further water tunnel and an additional storey was added , in which the so-called councilor's room was set up on the second floor. In this room the new councilors withdrew to celebrate after their election. The inscription on one of the four tablets in the Ratsherrenstube shows that under no circumstances were water from the fountain served for this celebration, but other - more stimulating - drinks.

Archbishop and Elector Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff had the entire facility renovated between 1752 and 1759. Then even more water could be fed into the pipes. In 1864 a third tunnel was driven in the direction of Olewig , which increased the volume of water again. When the construction of the waterworks in Pfalzel and a central water supply for the city began in 1883/84 , the Herrenbrünnchen only fed the running fountains .

During the Second World War , the roof structure of the well house and all windows were destroyed. From 1946 onwards, the system supplied the headquarters of the Allied administration in Heiligkreuz via a water pipe .

In 1961 the building was first extensively renovated. At that time, the municipal indoor swimming pool in the immediate vicinity and the nearby fountains in the palace gardens were supplied with water from the tunnels. Since 1970, no more water has been drawn for urban supply. Since then it has been flowing into the Olewiger Bach and from there into the Moselle . Between 1988 and 1989 the facility was renovated again.

Others

The Herrenbrünnchen is the namesake of a nearby street in the Heiligkreuz district. In the summer of 2005, two large-format trilingual boards were set up to provide information about the "hidden gem of Trier city history". The Stadtwerke Trier offer, among other things, a visit to the fountain house, the tunnels and the councilor's room on the day of the open monument .

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Web links

Commons : Herrenbrünnchen (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Small but nice. In: Trierischer Volksfreund . July 1, 2005, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Guided tour in the Herrenbrünnchen. In: Trierischer Volksfreund. May 7, 2019, accessed December 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Program for the Open Monument Day 2019: Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. (pdf, 150 kB) In: tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de. P. 2 , accessed on November 14, 2019 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 42.64 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 44.42"  E